Between Science and Society

Charting the Space of Science Fiction

Douglas A. Van Belle (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0573-3 (ISBN)

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In Between Science and Society: Charting the Space of Science Fiction, Douglas A. Van Belle uses interviews with 24 science fiction authors to analyze the conceptual space that science fiction occupies between science and society. Using these interviews, Van Belle studies the similarities and differences between the academic and professional understandings of the genre. Between Science and Society argues that, for authors, all of the aspects of the genre that are emphasized by academics, such as science communication and depictions of scientists, are secondary to the artistic effort to entertain through storytelling. Through his interviews, Van Belle explores both the genre’s place in relation to science and society and key elements to surviving as a professional science fiction author. Van Belle creates a definition of science fiction based on the creative ideals expressed by these authors and compared to those that arise from the academic perspective, showing that academics are struggling to engage one of the two central ideals of the genre.

Douglas A. Van Belle is a senior lecturer in media studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Introduction: Heresy as Method

Chapter 1: The Interviews

Chapter 2: Kevin J. Anderson

Chapter 3: Steven Barnes

Chapter 4: Greg Bear

Chapter 5: Gregory Benford

Chapter 6: Ben Bova

Chapter 7: David Brin

Chapter 8: Brenda Cooper

Chapter 9: Stephen R. Donaldson

Chapter 10: Eric Flint

Chapter 11: David Gerrold

Chapter 12: Joe Haldeman

Chapter 13: Ian Irvine

Chapter 14: Nancy Kress

Chapter 15: Jack McDevitt

Chapter 16: Rebeccas Moesta

Chapter 17: Simon Morden

Chapter 18: Larry Niven

Chapter 19: Robert J. Sawyer

Chapter 20: Karl Schroeder

Chapter 21: Melinda Snodgrass

Chapter 22: Stephen Michael (S.M.) Sterling

Chapter 23: Charles Stross

Chapter 24: Vernor Vinge

Chapter 25: Connie Willis

Chapter 26: Charting the Space of Science Fiction

Chapter 27: Storytelling as the Essential, Defining Element of Science Fiction

Chapter 28: Science as the Rules of the Game

Chapter 29: The Science Fiction Community and a Sketch of the Science Fiction Ecosystem

Chapter 30: The Academic Implications of How the Creators of Science Fiction Define Science Fiction

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Politics, Literature, & Film
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 239 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-7936-0573-4 / 1793605734
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-0573-3 / 9781793605733
Zustand	Neuware